DECEMBER 5, l93l THE LITERARY DIGEST ll ll
  ? ' ' to be a ‘soldier.’ He is assigned to a recruit troop for six months
Q   S           where he learns the rudiments of his chosen profession, the rules
i ERMANY HAS NO ARMY. of garrison life, physical training, and the use of weapons. Having
I _ mastered all this, he goes over to the field troops. After from
l B110 01101100 0110 R010I1SW0l“`· three to four years here he may enter tl1e non-commissioned
leir best   That she is allowed by tl1e Treaty of_ Versailles, and ofiicers’ class. l
hmldmg l the 100,000 men who make up the Reichswehr are trained with a UTIIG G€1`m34¤_$0Idl€‘1` 1`€’0e. ·ac 1 ay ie exe iswe ir
E, bg? is  ·l l " In the German Reichswehr a company  »i [ ‘ ~ men have soup, meat, potatoes, and green L
actions   10 00b1011ii0r 0’f000j1p0’1ly 0lil001010r§·_     Vegetables. On two days of the week a
service I E;i;€I0;0 0110 6SS‘°“‘1 S0 1010 111 1v1 110  if   warm meal is served also at night, and we
) tanks. _ "Formerly, only the officers and non- .   11000: .
d li , r commissioned officers were professional     K V _ _ _ { Y
Eiggf $1138 soldiers. The troops were trained for two     th ‘01l1$1; 00lE0i1t1%11 13 p0}f,1h1‘11000 00} S 0i
out the -_ years, and then they returned to civil life ` i1_;i3;;1&1C;u0_S;S10 Sgdér the ;1£10;;1`0 fi0)1;10f
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@22;; ’°`“·»$.$$.,§$1°rZi’..,"..,i.i`i.°L Giiim io, .,,·.i,... gh>’S¤¤igj1S#f<>ii.t*i¤S¤ Soldiers <%¤S¤¤€d *0 =
nd (liHl_ . years. To—day, each of tl1e 100,000 re- 2000 °’ 111 W 101 11111011 talk 10 111000 0f I
3aCliin€_ ‘ places six men of the old Army. He must Y1 _0',iFi§110' d. _. I
Oliibioiis replace them. Iron will and energy have i l. 0110 ir; 10; 111g`1`00111S “1t11d0 g00(1
io Clem, brought that about during the past years ·.»l.r-     _ A ¤-   S0 00 000 I0] 100 “* H1%$00l00S¢l00 _ 001* 0`
and €X_ · ° —under the compulsion of the Versailles      4 E  __ =.» [ ir an. p0p0lS· _ ac I UOOP {11*100 ms its °““ I,
T h , Need is inventive ¤ r - »   · i moving-picturetheater in which are shown,
(mts Of ’ rea 57 1 · not necessarily o erettas and d` i
"It1s no longer the day when quantity ·   ’ _ . i t d `l. ~i pd ".""l.H 51001110 100*
, Army ‘ and quality can produce results. Quality     . ~ , _ 10,0; 000`10110{011 $01011 1   11102 h  
'paissaige . alone remains. It means the increase of   . ·       ‘ — {fi 111110l0i10i1 0 {[1110011 €*“i$’v}3 0 S0 ~
9 mr- g¢<>e>Ci¤¤iiShm€¤t» the Pefcceug 0* the i¤· i ‘ ’ ;   { * $SE?$Sd§Zi°°°iE1if€1Z`SlZ“.S.Z1Z?’£`§.§$ti`€fZ..;2 I
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litiianalii A HThaJt which We formerly called drill is l ·' ._ , in Tl brzlnelles. tit goes iyithogtt saying
and the . now replaced by selection, survival in i_ _'4i ,   all0iliS1;léta;*fiiil·i€;ff 10D lb Pm OSPOII
Own up ‘ , training and education. Out of each eight ' ‘ ` ` ` ‘ ‘
lditions _ l to ten physically fit—and the physical x¤y¤¤¤¤»¤¤wamuapimr.,m...i A i
` t · ` tion is verv ri¤rid——onlv one is T the end of each dav the soldier may
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t3k’e<==w1_¤*¤¤<*S% is de- And ¤<><>.000 of them. bur without forts, of the leaders is their mm, it is sin, that
termined by m1l1tary physicians, lns men- heavy guns, tanks or airplanes, says a ft 3 t .H . l fg V. tl ld. .
; » tal fitness by examinations. Officers must soldier of the German Reichswehr, which 0 01- 001`_`01_ p01`10( 0 `01 100_ 10 00 1010
{ I pledge themselves to twenty-five years undergoes twelve years} training, "weigI-led have llI1l1l11lt€d liberty at night. This
I of duty, the privates and non—coms to (IOW"] bY the black S_l¤¤¤<;~;v Of the shows plainly the caliber of the troops,
_ l. twelve years. Candidates to be officers Treaty 0I V01Sa1110$' but- -
· i must serve for four and a half years, and ‘
_ l then pass two very strict examinations before they are elected. "It is another matter, however, whether tl1e average soldier
.i "The private lives for twelve years in his regiment, often in has time to go in to town at night. He must study. He has his
. i the same company for that length of time. home work to do for the next day. _ _
 = "VVhen he returns to civil life, his future is assured. Not only "After the sixth year of service, each soldier, in addition to his
‘ — because the State will take care of him, but because of himself. military training, is taught along tl1e lines of his future civilian ' _
V He is wholly a man." profession.
·. I " In the afternoons, he is instructed in tl1e kind of work 1
  The S0IdlBT1S life is H0 longer as l0IIY3»!1d 0&1‘€f1`€6 35 il? 011% Was, which he has chosen. After twelve years, when taking leave of
  we are told then, for the individual has too much responsibility. his 00ml‘&d€S, IIB must HOU 0¤II>’ bc it P€1`f€¤U $0Id1€1'r but 8
  But in spite of this, in spite of the much greater demands made p°f`F°0l° W¤rkm;~¤ 0S “'°11· _ _ _ _ _
3 on him, physically and mentally, this "middle-being" between a cmp‘xy$2;3iX£;T0£i;g1g;);t1;10 111110 011 0010100* 1110 $010110 10 0'SS111`00
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 I S°ld‘°r 0110 an 00100i Sell 0011 Smg W11011 011 13110 11101.010 O11’ "There are branches of instruction, four in number, covering ‘
and ‘ “ what fum to be aa Soldlerl the various professions and trades: administration and economics.
` . ~ W _ _ _ trades and crafts, farming and forestry. Those who do not wish j
lis from V HEN he Bnhsts at 0m0t000 0I` tW00tY 010 prlvam Says f0r0' to enter into the service of the State receive a sum of money upon !_
1· well to civilian life for twelve long years. He puts on the somber their discharge, usually from eight to nine thousand marks (that
ntly was . . . . .
l OD the   ijo]d-gi·o,y uniform, but hg mayr temporarily disoai-d it {oi- ·‘oiv- 1s, about $2,000 to $2,250). But the Reichswehr continues to i;
5 vies" after hours, and this Reichswehr informant proceeds: 110}%) 0110 $010*9* _ _ _ _ Il
in these li It sees that his money is safely invested so that it may profit
my   "His training is long and difficult. His first duty is to learn him in building up his future." §
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